Vendée's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Vendée
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Vendée's 2nd Constituency shown within Vendée
Deputy	Béatrice Bellamy H
Department	Vendée
Cantons	Chantonnay, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, La Mothe-Achard, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, La Roche-sur-Yon Sud, Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Registered voters	109665[1]
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The 2nd constituency of Vendée is a French legislative constituency in the Vendée département. It elects one MP to the National Assembly of France.

Description

The 2nd Constituency of Vendée stretches from the southern half of La Roche-sur-Yon to the southern edge of the department.

Between 1988 and 2012 this constituency consistently returned conservative centre-right candidates.to the National Assembly. In 2012 the seat elected a Socialist Party deputy for the first time, followed in 2017 by Patricia Gallerneau of the MoDem.^[2]

Patricia Gallerneau, a member of the MoDem and related group, was elected to this constituency following the 2017 elections. She died from cancer in July 2019 and was replaced by her substitute Patrick Loiseau, who sits in the same group. Loiseau lost his seat in the 2022 election, and was succeeded by Béatrice Bellamy.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Philippe Mestre	UDF
	1993
	1997	Dominique Caillaud	DVD
	2002		UMP
	2007
	2012	Sylviane Bulteau [fr]	PS
	2017	Patricia Gallerneau	MoDem
	2019	Patrick Loiseau
	2022	Béatrice Bellamy	H

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Béatrice Bellamy	REN	Ensemble	30,262	38.74	46,240	60.37
	Marie-Christine Ebran	RN		28,538	36.53	30,357	39.63
	Nicolas Helary	LFI	NFP	18,234	23.34
	Sophie Barillot	LO		1,081	1.28
Valid votes				78,115	96.90	76,777	95.24
Blank votes				1,703	2.11	2,768	3.43
Null votes				792	0.98	1,069	1.33
Turnout				80,610	70.66	80,614	70.65
Abstentions				33,474	29.34	33,483	29.35
Registered voters				114,084		114,097
Source: [1]
Result				HOR HOLD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Vendée's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HOR (Ensemble)	Béatrice Bellamy	14,334	25.97	-10.19
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Nicolas Helary	12,053	21.84	-3.58
	RN	Franck Laloue	9,665	17.51	+6.31
	LR (UDC)	Maxence De Rugy	9,572	17.34	+0.65
	DVE	Ninon Greau	2,568	4.65	N/A
	LREM	Patrick Loiseau*	2,195	3.98	N/A
	REC	Brigitte Neveux	2,157	3.91	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,656	4.81
Turnout			55,200	50.50	−1.36
2nd round result
	HOR (Ensemble)	Béatrice Bellamy	28,722	58.42	-1.16
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Nicolas Helary	20,441	41.58	N/A
Turnout			49,163	48.11	+9.59
	HOR gain from MoDem

* LREM dissident not supported by the Ensemble Citoyens alliance

^[3]

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vendée's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MoDem	Patricia Gallerneau	19,405	36.16
	LR	Béatrice Bellamy	8,957	16.69
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	6,425	11.97
	FN	Gabriel De Chabot	6,012	11.20
	LFI	Dominique Chevolleau	5,329	9.93
	DVD	Raoul Mestre	3,077	5.73
	EELV	Michel Raynaud	1,889	3.52
	Others	N/A	2,573
Turnout			53,667	51.86
2nd round result
	MoDem	Patricia Gallerneau	23,748	59.58
	LR	Béatrice Bellamy	16,113	40.42
Turnout			39,861	38.52
	MoDem gain from PS

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vendée's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	22,999	39.06
	UMP	Dominique Caillaud	20,190	34.29
	FN	Brigitte Neveux	6,024	10.23
	DVD	Raoul Mestre	3,358	5.70
	FG	Jocelyn Abjean	2,125	3.61
	EELV	Marie-Yannick Brizar Le Borgne	1,488	2.53
	Others	N/A	2,699
Turnout			58,883	60.17
2nd round result
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	29,265	51.79
	UMP	Dominique Caillaud	27,241	48.21
Turnout			56,506	57.74
	PS gain from UMP

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vendée's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Dominique Caillaud	26,649	46.77
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	16,471	28.91
	MoDem	Raoul Mestre	6,067	10.65
	LV	Yann Helary	2,023	3.55
	FN	Georges Kouskoff	1,268	2.23
	Others	N/A	4,505
Turnout			58,443	63.68
2nd round result
	UMP	Dominique Caillaud	29,393	54.78
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	24,263	45.22
Turnout			55,226	60.18
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vendée's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Dominique Caillaud	23,634	43.41
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	15,372	28.23
	DVD	Raoul Mestre	4,776	8.77
	FN	Jean-Marie Dieulangard	3,442	6.32
	LV	Yann Helary	1,699	3.12
	CPNT	Nathalie Botton	1,253	2.30
	DVE	Philippe Boursier	1,137	2.09
	Others	N/A	3,136
Turnout			56,012	67.22
2nd round result
	UMP	Dominique Caillaud	28,150	58.28
	PS	Sylviane Bulteau	20,151	41.72
Turnout			49,742	59.70
	UMP gain from DVD

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vendée's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Josiane Migeon	12,708	25.28
	DVD	Dominique Caillaud	10,386	20.66
	UDF	Bernard Suaud	10,127	20.15
	DVD	Raoul Mestre	4,637	9.22
	FN	Guillaume Vouzellaud	4,517	8.99
	LV	Annick Tarot	3,681	7.32
	PCF	Jean-Claude Martineau	2,965	5.90
	DIV	Yvonne Péon	1,046	2.08
	Others	N/A	201
Turnout			54,538	72.26
2nd round result
	DVD	Dominique Caillaud	28,669	54.92
	PS	Josiane Migeon	23,535	45.08
Turnout			55,838	73.98
	DVD gain from UDF

References

1. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Vendée – 2e circonscription : Liste des résultats – Elections législatives 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Vendée". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 November 2022.